MILFORD

Sunday

Jan 30, 2011 at 12:01 AM

Milford

Metal theft: Police are investigating the theft of $3,500 worth of steel from Mancini Metal Specialists on the 1800 block of Am Drive between Jan. 22 and 24. Police said the victims reported that numerous pieces of 4-inch I-beams and 4-inch tubing with welded plate ends were taken from the property. Police described the pieces as being about 10 feet long. Several tan pipe rails and channels, 17-feet and 12-feet lengths of primer red 8-inch-by-4-inch and 4-inch-by-4-inch tubing were also taken, as well as a convector unit and three pieces of 4 feet lengths of duct pipe.

Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 215-249-9191.

Woman injured in crash: A 30-year-old Bethlehem woman is in stable condition after suffering major injuries in a two vehicle crash on Old Bethlehem Pike in Milford early Wednesday morning, according to state police. Police said Renee Budihas was driving her 1997 Pontiac Grand Am south on the 2700 block of Old Bethlehem Pike about 7:56 a.m. when her vehicle swerved out of control on a patch of snow covered roadway and slid into oncoming traffic. Police said a 2007 Infiniti driven by Eunice Price-Abah, 51, of Macungie, struck the Grand Am's passenger side, pushing it into a ditch where it rolled onto its side. Police said Price-Abah was not injured and Budihas is in stable condition at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem.

Quakertown

Public drunkenness: David Texter, 55, of West Broad Street, was cited Jan. 26 for public drunkenness in front of the Yum Yum Bake Shop.

Richland

Metal theft: Police are investigating the theft of $1,600 worth of scrap metal from a business on the 1800 block of West Broad Street last weekend. Police said on Jan. 24 the business reported that two used roll-up garage doors and scrapped steel garage doors were taken from a Dumpster on the property.

Retail theft: A 19-year-old Quakertown man has been charged with retail theft after allegedly attempting to leave the Walmart with $170 worth of video games hidden in his clothing on Jan. 24. Justin A. Grimes of Braithwaite Lane was released to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department based on an earlier warrant.

n Two women have been charged after attempting to walk out of the Kohl's department store with $400 worth of jewelry Jan. 25. Amanda Christine Aspell, 20, of Braithwaite Lane in Quakertown, and Lindsay Ruth Irwin, 20, of West Market Street in Perkasie, allegedly attempted to steal $300 and $100 worth of jewelry, respectively.

Springfield

Hit-and-run: Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash involving mailboxes that were destroyed along a stretch of Richlandtown Pike south of Passer Road on Wednesday night. Police said it appears a southbound vehicle traveled off the left side of the roadway between 7 and 8 p.m. and struck several mailboxes. Witnesses reported after hearing the crash they spotted a brown or gold pickup truck stopped on the road facing southbound and a red car stopped facing northbound. Police said the drivers were seen speaking briefly and then driving away without notifying the owners of the mailboxes. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police at 610-346-7600.

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